Bishop Gorgon Gregory Brandsma, M.H.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu, Kenya

Titular Bishop of Bargala

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Jun 1874		Born
23 Sep 1899	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill
2 Dec 1925	51.4	Appointed	Prefect of Kavirondo, Kenya
11 Jul 1933	59.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bargala
11 Jul 1933	59.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu, Kenya
7 Nov 1933	59.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bargala
20 Jun 1935	60.9	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu, Kenya

MicroData Summary
Gorgon Gregory Brandsma
Bishop Gorgon Gregory Brandsma M.H.M.
(born 22 Jun 1874, died 20 Jun 1935)
Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu

Event Place
Birth Place Sneck, Archdiocese of Utrecht, Netherlands
Ordained Bishop Leuwarden
Death Place Nairobi, Archdiocese of Nairobi

a priest for 35.7 years
a bishop for 1.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Robert Brindle †
Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Johannes Henricus Gerardus Jansen †
Archbishop of Utrecht
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Johannes Biermans, M.H.M. †
Titular Bishop of Gargara
Bishop Josephus Hubertus Gulielmus Lemmens †
Bishop of Roermond

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Johannes Henricus Gerardus Jansen † (1930)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Archbishop Lorenzo Schioppa † (1920)
Titular Archbishop of Mocissus
Andreas Franz Cardinal Frühwirth, O.P. † (1907)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Cosma e Damiano
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Assisted:
Bishop Carlo Re, I.M.C. † (1932)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64761622

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1931
d: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1936
b/c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1933, Number 82

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